Folding blacking-stand



(No Model.)

J. A. CRANSTON. FOLDING BLAGKING STAND.

Patented Aug. 2, 1892.

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lNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. ORANSTON, OF NEWPORT, DELAVARF..

FOLDING BLACKING-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,074, dated August2, 1892.

Application filed August 19, 1891. Serial No. 403.083. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN A. ORANSTON, of Newport, in the county of NewCastle and State of Delaware, have invented a new and Improved FoldingBlacking-Stand, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in blackingstands such as areadapted to support the foot of a person while his shoe is being blacked;and the object of my invention is to produce a simple, cheap, andconvenient blacking-stand which may be made very light, and yet bestrong and durable, which may be folded into a very small compass, andwhich is adapted to carry all the necessary articles used in blackingshoes.

To this end myinvention consists in certain features of construction andcombinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the stand, showing it in a foldedposition. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the stand when in positionfor use, the section being taken on the line 2 2 in Fig. 3, and Fig. 3is a broken front elevation of the stand.

The main frame of the stand consists of two half-frames 10 and 11, whichalso form the legs of the stand, and these frames 10 and 11 are pivotedtogether near the top by a rod 12, on which is a sleeve 13, which servesas a brace, the ends of the sleeve bearing against the opposite innersides of the frame 11. The frame 10 is provided with a cross-strip 14,which is firmly secured thereto and which is arranged nearly oppositethe pivot-rod 12, and the frame 11 has secured to it on opposite sidesoutwardly-projecting hooks 15, which when the legs or half-frames arespread rest upon the upper edge of the cross-strip 11, and thus form asecure brace, and this method of bracing the frames or legs may beapplied to anycrosslegged article as well as to a blacking-stand. Theframe 11 has at the top a swinging footrest 16, and when the frames arespread the free side of the foot-rest is adapted to rest upon the top ofthe frame 10, and the foot-rest lwill thus be held in a horizontalposition, so that the foot may be placed conveniently thereon. The frame1l has a box 17 secured to it, which box is provided with a swinging lid18, held closed by a hook 19 and eye 20, or

' by any suitable fastening device, and the box is adapted to contain abrush and dauber and, if necessary, a bottle of shoe-polish. A swingingshelf 21 is hinged to the upper portion of the box, so as to be confinedtherein, and this shelf supports a circular box 22, which is adapted tohold an ordinary box of blacking 23, and within the box 22 is a spring24, which is confined at the center and has its ends free, and thespring is adapted to clamp a blaclring-box, so as to prevent it fromrattling aroundin the box 22. The shelf 2l carries also a smaller box25, in whichis a sponge 26, which may be moistened, so as to form aconvenient means of moistening the dauber.

When the stand is used, it is spread as shown in Fig. 2, the lid 18 ofthe box 17 is opened, the shelf 2l is swung upward and outward into anearly horizontal position, 'and the lid is placed beneath the outer endof the shelf, thus serving as a brace for the same, and the lid andshelf are held together by causing the hook 19 on the lid to engage aneye 27 on the free end of the shelf. The stand is extremely convenientwhen opened in this manner, and as it may be folded into a very smallcompass, as shown in Fig. 1, it may be very easily carried in a trunk orgrip and can be instantly arranged for use.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentn 1. A folding blackingstand comprising foldingcross-legs having a hinged foot-rest at the top and a box carried by thestand and provided with a swinging lid and an ont- Wardly-swingingshelf, substantially as described. v

2. A folding blackingstand comprising folding cross-legs, a hingedfoot-rest, and a box having a hinged lid, substantially as described.

3. In a blackingstand, the combination, with a frame, of a box securedto the frame and having an outwardly-swinging lid and a shelf hinged inthe box and adapted to be swung upwardly out of the box and support- IOOed by the lid thereof, substantially as described.

4. In a. blaeking-stand, the combination, with a box having anoutwardlyswinging lid provided with :L hook for engaging nn eye on thebox to lock the lid closed, of a shelf hinged in the box and providedwith an eye, said box being adapted to be swung upwardly out of the boxand its eye engaged by the hook of the lid of lthe box, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

5. In a binekinv-stand, the combination, with pivoted cross-frames, oneof which is provided with a. cross-bar and Jhe other with a. hook forengaging said ber, of a foot-rest pivoted to one freine and adapted torest on the other, u box secured to one frame and having a hinged lid,and a hinged shelf in the said box, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

6. A b1acking-box stand comprising a folding frame, a hinged foot-restcarried by the fralne,a box secured to the frame and having a hingedlid, and a, shelf hinged in the box and adapted to be supported bythelid of the box when swung out of the same, said shelf carrying a.blaekiug-box holder and a. spongehoider, substantially as herein shownand described.

JOHN A. CRANSTON.

Witnesses:

Jos. W. I-I. WATSON, DANIEL GREEN.

